Doe v. Roe
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of Ejectment, No. 30, February Term, 1915. Action by George P. Knight against William K. Knight to recover one equal undivided half interest in certain real estate, situated in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, and containing about nineteen acres. Verdict directed for defendant. The material facts and contentions of the parties are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Pbnnewill, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, to recover the one-half undivided interest in certain real estate consisting of a field or tract of land containing about nineteen acres of land situated in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County.
There is no dispute about the material facts in the case which may be stated as follows:
Elizabeth J. Knight, the mother of the real plaintiff and defendant, in and by Item 5 of her last will and testament, dated November 27, 1907, devised unto the defendant, “his heirs and…
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